<p>I was accepted to Cornell University's AAP for ED recently, but I've gotten lazier and experiencing a lot of senioritis. I received my progress report for the second quarter today, and was devastated, though not completely surprised, that my A's have turn into B's, and with even a C+ in AP Calc BC.</p>
<p>I'm actually even more stressed out because I found out that colleges can rescind acceptances due to low grades, but how low exactly?</p>
<p>And since every college is different, does anyone know of a case of rescinding from Cornell ED? I heard that Cornell doesn't really care about the mid-year reports, so I'm curious if this is just an empty threat.</p>
<p>I don’t think they will rescind it. Don’t forget that they make you withdraw your other applications, so if they rescind your admittance, they would essentially screw you over for college next year.</p>
<p>Well, they can actually rescind acceptances for any reason they choose–it’s the college’s prerogative. That being said, it’s gonna take a significant drop in grades for your acceptance to be rescinded. No one here can tell you for sure what “significant” entails. In part, it depends on your previous grades–if you were getting all As and dropped to all Bs it looks a lot worse than if you were getting 50%As and 50%Bs and now dropped to all Bs. If you’re really that concerned, call or email the appropriate admissions person and ask them how much grades would have to drop for an acceptance to be rescinded. I can’t guarantee they’ll give you a specific answer, but it should be clearer than what we can tell you on here. If you’re worried about the school finding out through this phone call/email, just don’t tell them your name and speak in unspecific terms.</p>
<p>Good luck, and try to get those grades up! If this is just a progress report and not a final report, I doubt Cornell will care much. It’s the final grades that matter.</p>
<p>First off. You should do as quomodo explains and call and find out for sure so that you can stop worrying about it. I personally doubt you have anything to worry about, but just like everyone else, it is based on personal opinion and worth pretty much nothing.</p>
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<p>To this quote. Cornell wouldn’t be screwing anyone over. When you apply, you sign a contract and agree to abide by it. If an applicant lets their grades slip, they are screwing themselves over, it is not Cornell that is breaking the contract.</p>
<p>Basically if you’re getting C’s and D’s across the board, you’ll be in trouble. Just keep your grades up and you’ll be fine. Actually, I think there was a fellow who got rescinded the last go around and made a topic about it. I can’t be bothered to look it up now, but it should be around somewhere.</p>
<p>haha prism, that’s pretty much my worst case scenario (hopefully this is the worst). i was a perfect 4.0 student before this year. now… let’s see, 89.8% or so in ap calc bc, like 94% in ap eng lit, like 88% in ap gov, 88% in drawing, 80% in ap physics b, and 98% in fiction/film.</p>
<p>worst case scenario that might actually happen: 2 As, 3 Bs, 1 C</p>
<p>best case scenario that might actually happen: 4 As, 2 Bs</p>
<p>Even your “worst case” won’t get you rescinded. If it gets any worse than that though, you may need to worry. Just try to get them up and you’ll be fine.</p>